John Banville Quotes

I've been wrestling with Kafka since I was an adolescent. I think he's a great aphorist, a great letter writer, a great diarist, a great short story writer, and a great novelist - I'd put novelist last.

John Banville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: December 8, 1945

Topics

GreatStoryThinkShortWrestling

Even nice things don't make you happy when you're tired.

Jo Brand

TiredHappyYouNiceThingsEven

You must speak the vision of your project in a way that convinces people to pay for it. If they won't pay for it, that is the artist's fault. It is my fault. It is your fault. It is not the executive's fault or the world's.

Jill Soloway

VisionPeopleWorldSpeakYouWay

We are all a unique person with everyone we meet.

Joel Kinnaman

UniquePersonMeetEveryone

I think for leadership positions, emotional intelligence is more important than cognitive intelligence. People with emotional intelligence usually have a lot of cognitive intelligence, but that's not always true the other way around.

John Mackey

LeadershipIntelligencePeopleThink

I think most people are indifferent in their evaluation of what is good or bad.

Robert J. Sawyer

GoodPeopleThinkBadEvaluation

I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren.

Tom Coburn

ChildrenAmerican DreamBelieveDream

Yep, I'll stay a Brisbane Lion, you've heard it first.

Jonathan Brown

LionYouFirstStayHeard

America is a great country. We are so wealthy. But our one remaining challenge is to fulfill the potential of all our people. And the only way we can do that is to try to bring everybody together to a higher place.

Dick Gephardt

GreatChallengeTogetherPeopleWay

Revathi madam is a legend, and I have seen young actresses set her performance as a benchmark.

Dhanush

PerformanceLegendYoungSeenHer

I feel like dreams are always a little tricky, you know? But if you just push through the struggles and the hard times, it'll be so worth it in the end because you will be able to get to your dreams.

Chloe Kim

DreamsYour DreamsEndPushYou

Time travel is a fantasy we all have. The 'Back to the Future' series really exploits that wish.

Christopher Lloyd

FutureTimeTravelWishBackReally

Technology is cool, but you've got to use it as opposed to letting it use you.

Prince

TechnologyCoolYouGotUseLetting

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